Stories of the Sahara av Sanmao

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<u><b>The book that has captivated millions of Chinese readers, translated into English for the very first time.</b></u><b>''Hypnotic . . . A record of one person''s fierce refusal to follow a path laid down for her by the rest of the world'' </b>Tash Aw, <i>Paris Review </i>Books of the YearSanmao: author, adventurer, pioneer. Born in China in 1943, she moved from Chongqing to Taiwan, Spain to Germany, the Canary Islands to Central America, and, for several years in the 1970s, to the Sahara.<i>Stories of the Sahara </i>invites us into Sanmao¿s extraordinary life in the desert: her experiences of love and loss, freedom and peril, all told with a voice as spirited as it is timeless.At a period when China was beginning to look beyond its borders, Sanmao fired the imagination of millions and inspired a new generation. With an introduction by Sharlene Teo, author of <i>Ponti</i>, this is an essential collection from one of the twentieth century¿s most iconic figures.<b>''Every story convey